B) Its territory was too vast to defend
hope this helps
Answer:
article 1 section 2 of the Constitution says that each state shall have at least one US representative while the total size of a state delegation to the house depends on its population the number of representatives also cannot be greater than one for every 30,000 people
I assume that the question refers to the political affiliation of the Islands (They are Islands in the Mariana Trench, in the Pacific Ocean, south of Japan) - they are politically linked to the US - the correct answer is a). For example the Mariana islands have a commonwealth status within the US.
